VERB | motion | go up, rise, lift, arise, move up, come up, uprise | move upward |
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change | go up, rise, climb | increase / increase in value or to a higher point | |
motion | go up, approach, near, come on, draw near, draw close, come near | move towards | |
motion | go up | be erected, built, or constructed | |
motion | go up, climb, climb up, mount | go upward with gradual or continuous progress | |
change | go up, burn down, burn up | burn completely | |
motion | go up, ascend | travel up, "We ascended the mountain" |
Meaning | increase / increase in value or to a higher point. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Model | The stock market is going to go up | |
Synonyms | rise, climb | |
Narrower | bull | Advance in price / price / price |
soar | Go or move upward | |
Broader | grow | Become larger / larger, greater, or bigger |
Spanish | ascender, subir | |
Catalan | ascendir, pujar |
Meaning | Move towards. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | approach, near, come on, draw near, draw close, come near | |
Entails | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
Narrower | bear down on, bear down upon | Sail towards another vessel, of a ship |
close | draw near | |
drive up | approach while driving | |
edge in, edge up | Push one's way into (a space) | |
push, crowd | approach a certain age or speed | |
Broader | come, come up | Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody |
Similar to | approach, come near | come near in time |
Spanish | abordar, acercarse, acercar, acostar, aproximarse, aproximar, encarar, subir, venir | |
Catalan | abordar, acostar-se, acostar, apropar-se, aproximar, encarar, venir |
Meaning | Be erected, built, or constructed. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Broader | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
Spanish | erigir, levantar, subir |
Meaning | go upward with gradual or continuous progress. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | climb, climb up, mount | |
Narrower | escalade | climb up and over |
mountaineer | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport | |
ramp | creep up -- used especially of plants | |
ride | climb up on the body | |
scale | climb up by means of a ladder | |
Broader | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
See also | go | change location |
Spanish | ascender, escalar, montar, subir, trepar | |
Catalan | elevar-se, enfilar-se, escalar, grimpar, muntar, pujar |
Meaning | Burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | burn down, burn up | |
Narrower | incinerate | Become reduced to ashes |
Broader | burn, combust | Undergo combustion |
Spanish | incendiar | |
Catalan | encendre, incendiar |
Meaning | Travel up, "We ascended the mountain". | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Model | The airplane is sure to go up | |
Example | "go up a ladder" | |
Synonym | ascend | |
Narrower | surface, come up, rise up, rise | Come to the surface |
uprise | Ascend as a sound | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Opposite | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
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